Thanks a mil!
Seem to be making progress, still received a failure though, looks like the
python module is required on target, which does not appear to be possible
now,
May need to look at an alternative
{
"_ansible_parsed": true,
"exception": " File \"/tmp/ansible_e1OJFD/ansible_module_expect.py\",
line 95, in <module>\n import pexpect\n",
"_ansible_no_log": false,
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"chdir": null,
"responses": {
"#": [
"show platform cpu-load summary"
]
},
"removes": null,
"echo": false,
"creates": null,
"command": null,
"timeout": 30
}
},
"msg": "The pexpect python module is required"
}
On Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 12:47:13 PM UTC+2, Kai Stian Olstad wrote:
>
> On 29.08.2018 12:21, julian.mit...@gmail.com <javascript:> wrote:
> > Fantastic.
> > So the box is running acme sbc.
> > Aim to achieve the following via AWX / Ansible:
> > ***************# show platform cpu-load summary <------- the command to
> > run
> > Total load: 11%
> > CPU#00 14%
> > CPU#01 8%
> >
> > Load average: 2.86 3.00 3.00 2/281 7385
>
> You have redacted the most important part the prompt.
> Expect is petty easy, it looks for a string/text, when it sees that
> ecpect respond with a command and press enter.
> This string must be unique or else expect will type a command at the
> wrong place.
> But if you do not have # anywhere else you can use that.
>
>
> > Playbook contents :
> >
> > ---
> > - name: Check CPU Load
> > hosts: all
> > connection: local
> > gather_facts: yes
> >
> >
> > tasks:
> >
> > - name: Get CPU Load
> > expect:
> > command: show platform cpu-load summary
>
> The command is the ssh command you need to login.
>
> So you should a provided the whole output above, staring from a Linux
> prompt above.
> Think of expect as a user that is typing the command manually. So need
> to start from prompt to now what is needed in responses bellow, because
> every keystroke you do expect has to do them also.
>
>
> > responses:
> > cpu
>
> The responses part is where you have the question answer section, this
> is the string expect is waiting for and the command it should type.
>
> So in your case we need to use the prompt/string # since you redacted
> the rest
>
> responses:
> '#': show platform cpu-load summary
>
> So the # is the question/string/prompt and the part after colon is the
> command to run.
> The quotes is needed if not # is taken as a comment.
>
> If you would like to run more than one command per unique prompt they
> need to be in a list:
>
> responses:
> '#':
> - show platform cpu-load summary
> - show something else
>
> You probably need to handle the password prompt in the responses too.
>
> --
> Kai Stian Olstad
>
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